ASUS GTX 1060 6GB STRIX OC Review

Our acoustic measurements are less precise on this mid-range test system, the noise floor of the totally quiet testing room is 35 dBA as measured with a Benetech GM1351 Digital Sound Level Meter.

We take our measurements with the decibel meter protruding off the front-top section of the chassis, overhanging by exactly 1 inch. The underlying noise level of the system, generated by the 800 RPM Noctua case fans and H100i with fixed 700RPM fans is 39 dBA, thus anything above this level can be attributed to the graphics card since the PSU is passive for most of it's power capability.

Noise levels were measured after 10 minutes of load under three scenarios: Furmark GPU stress test, Unigine Valley looping at the Extreme HD preset and desktop idle.

The peak fan speed under furmark of 1700 RPM (47 %) is very quiet, barely noticeable above the background noise level from the PSU, CPU cooler and case fans. However, ASUS could perhaps be a little more reserved with the fan profile given how low the temperatures are.

At idle this graphics card does turn the fans off as part of a passive mode.

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